netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v2] net: xdp: allow for layer 3 packets in generic skb handler

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Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:58:45 -0600
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2] net: xdp: allow for layer 3 packets in generic skb handler

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:45 AM David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/27/20 4:22 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > @@ -4544,6 +4544,13 @@ static u32 netif_receive_generic_xdp(struct sk_buff *skb,
> >        * header.
> >        */
> >       mac_len = skb->data - skb_mac_header(skb);
> > +     if (!mac_len) {
> > +             add_eth_hdr = true;
> > +             mac_len = sizeof(struct ethhdr);
> > +             *((struct ethhdr *)skb_push(skb, mac_len)) = (struct ethhdr) {
> > +                     .h_proto = skb->protocol
> > +             };
>
> please use a temp variable and explicit setting of the fields; that is
> not pleasant to read and can not be more performant than a more direct
>
>                 eth_zero_addr(eth->h_source);
>                 eth_zero_addr(eth->h_dest);
>                 eth->h_proto = skb->protocol;

Ack, will change for the non-RFC v3 patch. I need to actually figure
out how to test this thing first though...

Jason